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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julian Hall wrote: > Hi All, > > As you can tell from the subject this is a nasty problem. Can anyone > advise please how to recover from this? Prior to this all I was doing > was setting up Samba shares using Webmin. The laptop is where the > error has come up on reboot, but I haven't even managed to share > anything on that yet. All I've done so far is get the laptop to see > the shares I've enabled on the desktop. > > The only other thing that could even possibly have any bearing is that > the laptop dual-boots with Windows 2000. Sometimes it refuses to > enable to touchpad and keyboard forcing a hardware shtdown. It had > just done that, however it's done it many many times before and not > once affected Linux in this way. > > Any ideas please? > > Kind regards, > > Julian Bit more info if it helps: Distro: Xandros 3.0 OCE boot using LILO selected menu item (Xandros) then I get: BIOS data check successful Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel audit(1143836280.4294966570.0): initialized Using /modules/splashFXmod.ko Using /modules/mbcache.ko Using /modules/ide-disk.ko Using /modules/ext2.ko sh: error opening /proc/software_suspend/do_resume: No such file or directory Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3, 8) Please bear in mind I have no idea what most of that means, I've just copied it off the screen of the laptop in the hope someone can explain how the heck to get my system back (preferably without reinstalling as the Cardbus config to get the wireless up and running is a total *nightmare* Kind regards, Julian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFELYG1js/5IBdCO1ERAp9zAJ47QZYETBcZxu0JL20OIBbd7bUAsQCfaGHd L2f//pdBLtEPCd/rYFqVcmY= =p1vQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html